[Avodah] Sukka must be kosher for sleeping?

[Liron Kopinsky]

On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 7:26 AM, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:

> From: Zev Sero <zev at sero.name>
> : It depends, of course, on how unpleasant it is in the  first place; also
> : on how long one must go on liking it.  But one can  often psych oneself
> : into enjoying otherwise unpleasant experiences for a  short while;
> alcohol
> : helps, as do being with a group who are all doing it  together, and an
> : inspiring speaker or leader.  ....
>
> Is psyching oneself into enjoying something really "akh sameiach",
> or simchah at all, for that matter?
>

I don't understand why simcha has anything to do with this discussion at all
- Mitztaer Patur Min HaASukkah has to do with Teshvu k'ein taduru, not
v'samachta b'chagecha. If someone nebuch lives in a situation where they
have rain pouring through their roof, it is possible to psych themselves
into accepting the situation b'simcha, and maybe that person would be able
to stay in the sukkah, but for the rest of us who live with real roofs over
our heads, no amount of psyching can change the fact that it is not k'ein
taduru.
As an example, there are people who enjoy going camping in the winter in the
snow. They bundle up, put on tons of layers and enjoy the exhiliration of
the freezing cold. But these people would all have to agree that they are
not dwelling in any normal sense and are doing the camping for the thrill of
it. Staying in a sukkah in similar circumstances, while doable, also does
not sound like teshvu k'ein taduru.

Kol tuv,
Liron
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